Alliss: Club Equality Driving Women Out Of The Game

Now before you jump on the master announcer, his reasoning for a decline in women at UK golf clubs is worth hearing out even if seems a bit of a leap to have called it "mayhem."

From an unbylined BBC report (thanks reader LC for sending).

"I'm told the Ladies Golf Union has lost 150,000 members since equality for women came in," said Alliss.

"Hundreds of women have left golf clubs because they've gone from paying half fare to full fare. It's caused mayhem."

The number, according to the Ladies' Golf Union, is closer to 30,000 since 2010 when it became illegal for clubs to discount based on gender. Ladies' Golf Union finance director Sam Burton refuted Alliss.

"I wouldn't dream of joining a club where women had less rights than men, and neither would my friends," she said.

"I can't agree with what Peter is saying - it's a terribly outdated view."

However, Women's PGA founder and former Women's Open champion Vivien Saunders backed Alliss, though the reasoning was not exactly positive.

"The age group under 50 are fine. A lot more independent women have their own money," the 68-year-old told BBC Radio 5 live.

"It's the women over 60. A lot of them, their husband controls the finances, they've never worked, and they are the ones who are dropping out of the game."